Digital Application for Promoting Evidence-Based Children's Oral Health to Control Early Childhood Caries: Randomized Control Trial on Parental Acceptance and Efficacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early childhood caries (ECC) remains a major global health problem. Various measures to prevent it have been implemented in the past, including those using digital applications.

Aim

To evaluate the acceptance and efficacy of a digital application (FU-APP) based on evidence-based caries control recommendations for parents of children aged 6-72 months.

Methods

Part 1, prospective questionnaire-based survey to test FU-APP (usage, acceptance, content information, usefulness, and satisfaction) filled out by parents (n = 22); Part 2, two-armed (test n = 20; control n = 23) care-based, randomized controlled trial, where the test arm received instructions verbally and via FU-APP, and the control arm received them only verbally. At baseline and follow-up (4 weeks),

SUBMITTER: Abdul Haq J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10094947 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature